What is a panic attack ?
Stress and anxiety can give different physical phenomena. Your body makes a stress hormone (adrenaline) to. The body is preparing to respond quickly to a potential hazard.
*Your heart beats faster.
*You can breathe faster.
*You can get a feeling hunted.
*You can get a light-headed or be stuffy.
*You can also suddenly start shaking and sweating.
Sometimes the physical stress symptoms last long or they will be worse. Your heart starts beating faster and faster, you have your breathing out of control, you may get dizzy or have blurred look like. It feels like your body can not take it anymore. That makes the fear even bigger and touch panic. You will feel miserable and do not know what to do. Thinking can not do more good. You would prefer to flee, screaming, crying or crawl away.
If the fear as it were, the boss is about you, then you have a panic attack. A panic attack can take a few minutes to a half hour.
What causes panic attacks ?
A panic attack may occur in different situations. for instance:
*If you so violently shaken by a dangerous situation that you do not know what to do. For example if a sudden fire breaking out in your home.
*If you are in a situation overestimated the danger and thereby more anxious than necessary.
*If you (rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating) at normal voltage phenomena think you have a serious illness or a heart attack. The fear this may trigger a panic attack.
*A panic attack is sometimes triggered by a small event, sometimes for no apparent reason. Overload or fatigue may play a role.
*Often there is a genetic predisposition. In some families, panic attacks are much more common.
*Substances such as caffeine can enhance the physical symptoms of anxiety. In some people this may trigger a panic attack.
Once you have had a panic attack can then be afraid of repetition. This sometimes gives so much tension that it creates an anxiety attack can be triggered it visible again.
Symptoms of a Panic Attack
In a panic attack, there may be all kinds of problems occur. Some people have only one or two of those complaints. Others get multiple complaints simultaneously. The most common complaints are:
*rapid heartbeat, sweating, chills, dizziness, trembling;
*tightness, discomfort in the chest;
*tingling or numbness in hands or feet;
*dry mouth, nausea, stomach pain, vomiting or diarrhea;
*headache, reddening, fainting;
*the feeling of not knowing who or where you are;
*the feeling that you lose control of yourself, go crazy or die.
If a panic attack is over, you can still bouncing violently or burst into tears.
What can you do when a panic attack yourself ?
Tips for when you get a panic attack:
*It helps if you know the physical symptoms that you do not feel hurt and go away. They are caused by fear and not by a serious illness. Try to reassure yourself!
*It's good to know that anxiety is naturally less usually after 60 to 90 minutes.
*If you have an attack or feel it coming, try to breathe quietly and relax.
*Find distractions. For example, take a sip of water, walk outside, do some exercises (such as squats), or go read aloud.
*Do something active: go end bike, run or walk.
Try after a panic attack to consider how the panic attack may occur.
*Was the situation really threatening?
*Do you suffer from stress and tension, perhaps without being aware of that?
*Are there certain situations that tensions arise for you. If so, why?
*Subscribe possibly on the situations in which you are anxious and what physical symptoms you will get.
How it goes on after a panic attack ?
The physical phenomena that can be caused by a panic attack, not hurt.
It may be that you have only one time in your life get a panic attack and then never more. Some people, however, often get a panic attack. Then there is talk of a panic disorder.
*Also, if you've had a panic attack once, the fear of repetition in itself cause tension again.
*If you suffer from panic attacks, or the fear before that, then go to your family doctor to discuss this. For example, if you notice that you will avoid certain situations for fear of a panic attack.
*If you have written down which situations give tensions, please your notes along to your GP. Together notice which approach best suits you.
Call the doctor or outpatient unit if you have a panic attack and you are unable to get this under control.